| | | AJBAY13_PM3-113 | | Living Wage Organizing Strategies Speakers: Christina Canaveral, Coleman Advocates For Children & Youth; Derecka Mehrens, Working Partnerships USA; Jahmese Myres, East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE); Shaw San Liu, Chinese Progressive Association While there is limited job growth in the middle income range, low wage work is on the rise. There needs to be a concentrated focus on lifting the minimum wage and basic benefits for the economic self sufficiency of low wage workers. Come and learn from this panel of organizations across the Bay Area that are fighting for living wages and dignified jobs for low and moderate workers. | | MP3 | | $0.00 | | $0.00 | |
| | | POC12-171 | | Slow Money – investing as if food, farms, and fertility matter Speakers: Woody Tasch, Founder and Chairman, Slow Money; Speaker presented by – Temra Costa, Sustainable Food Advocate and Author of Farmer Jane Today, over $12 million has been invested directly in small food enterprises through the Slow Money network, both nationally and through over a dozen local chapters, one of which is in Northern California. We are still at the beginning, and at the same time we are well on the way to our goal of 1 million people investing 1% of their money in local food systems, this decade. Learn how, in Wendell Berry’s words, these “millions of small acts” can begin to rebuild our economy… from the ground up. | | MP3 | | $7.00 | | $7.00 | |
| | | AJBAY13-120 | | Closing Plenary: Towards A Just Bay Area - Reports from the Field Speakers: Keynote Speaker: Tina Brooks, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC); Bill Lindsay, City of Richmond; Dan Martinez, Congregations Organizing for Renewal (COR); Oscar Grande, People Organizing to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights (PODER) | | MP3 | | $0.00 | | $0.00 | |
